August von Pelzeln

August Pelzel of Pelzeln ( born May 10, 1825 Prague, † September 2, 1891 in Oberdöbling ) was an Austrian ornithologist. He collected 40 years mammal and bird specimens for the Imperial Museum of Vienna.

Biography

August von Pelzeln was the grandson of the Austrian poet Caroline Pichler ( 1769-1843 ). His sister Marie was a writer. After the completion of the Scots high school he studied at the University of Vienna Law and then worked in the civil service at Regional Office in Vienna. In 1851 he became an assistant of Karl Moriz Diesing Helminthologen in the yard and Natural Resources Cabinet. In 1857 he took over from Johann Jakob Heckel the position of curator and held that position until 1888.

From 30 April 1857 to August 30, 1859 to August was one of Pelzeln alongside Ferdinand von Hochstetter ( 1829-1884 ), Georg von Frauenfeld ( 1807-1873 ), Franz Steindachner ( 1834-1919 ), Ludwig Redtenbacher ( 1814-1876 ) and Johann Zelebor (1819-1869) to the scientists who took part in the Austrian frigate Novara circumnavigation of the. The expedition was sponsored by Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria and led by Commodore Bernard of Wüllerstorf - Urbair ( 1816-1883 ). The route ran from Trieste via Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro, around the Cape of Good Hope continue on the Amsterdam Island, St. Paul Island to India, Java, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Valparaiso, around Cape Horn to Cape Town back to Europe. About this travel Karl von Scherzer wrote a work with contributions from from Pelzeln. Addition of Pelzeln is the author of " Ornithology Brasileiras " (1871 ) and "Contributions to the ornithology of South Africa" ​​(1882).

August von Pelzeln first described species of birds like the White-winged Nightjar ( Caprimulgus candicans ), the Pelzelnameisenschlüpfer ( Myrmotherula assimilis ), the gray forehead panties ( Synallaxis frontalis), the Kapuzenpfäffchen ( Sporophila melanops ) or the Türkenkleiber ( Sitta krueperi ).

Dedikationsnamen

Otto Finsch named the Pelzelnstar ( Aplonis pelzelni ) in honor of August from Pelzeln. Gustav Hartlaub honored by Pelzeln in the epithet of the Madagascar dwarf diver ( Tachybaptus pelzelnii ). More Dedikationsnamen are the Pelzelngazelle ( Gazella pelzelni ), the Planalto drops Ameisenwürger ( Thamnophilus pelzelni ), the monk Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni ), the Amazonian Finke Warbler ( Granatellus pelzelni ), the Brown tyrant ( Elaenia pelzelni ), the Tüpfelwangen Ants Bird ( Myrmeciza pelzelni ) and the Bronze Bully ( Pseudotriccus pelzelni ).

Writings

  • Birds. From Koiserlich - Royal Hofund State Printing House, Vienna 1865 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.14204
  • For Ornithology Brazil. A. Pichler's Widow & Son, Vienna 1871, doi :/ 10.5962/bhl.title.3654
  • Contributions to the ornithology of South Africa. A. Hölder, Vienna 1882 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.66074
  • Brasilian mammals. A. Hölder, Vienna 1883 doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.8930
  • A study of the origin of dog breeds In: Zoological Yearbooks: Department of Systematics, ecology and geography of animals, 1, pp. 225-240, 1886 PDF, Online
  • Monograph of the Pipridae or Manakin Birds. Budapest 1887, doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.49770
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